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Liverpool fans quick to condemn death threat to manager
Liverpool, Mar 04: The life of Liverpool soccer manager Gerard Houllier has been threatened in an anonymous letter.
Liverpool, Mar 04: The life of Liverpool soccer manager Gerard Houllier has been threatened in an anonymous letter.
Police have launched an investigation after Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier received a death threat in the post last month, the English premier league club said on Wednesday (March 3). Houllier received the threat in a letter he opened at the club's Melwood training centre three weeks ago and Liverpool reported it to Merseyside police, the club said. "It was worrying enough to involve the police," a Liverpool spokesman told the club's website.
Merseyside Police confirmed "an investigation was launched after a threatening letter was sent to Gerard Houllier...at the beginning of February and the investigation is ongoing."
According to newspaper reports, the letter was anonymous and said the Frenchman should resign as Liverpool manager or his life would be in danger.
Members of the public outside the ground in Liverpool condemned the threat. Some of them said he was just doing his job and the club's lack of success was down to the players' performance on the pitch. Some of them said they did not believe Liverpool supporters had been responsible for such a letter.
Houllier is in Sofia with his team for their UEFA Cup third round second-leg match against Levski on Wednesday night.
Liverpool are 2-0 up from the first leg but the UEFA Cup is their only chance left of a title this season. They are out of the FA Cup and the premier league title race and pressure has been heaped on Houllier to quit.
After Liverpool lost at Portsmouth in an FA Cup fifth-round replay last month graffiti scrawled on the wall at the club's training ground included the message: "Hope you die of Aids, Houllier".
Houllier, 56, has been in charge at Liverpool since 1998. He survived a life-threatening medical emergency and returned to the club after surgery. His side won the treble of FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001 and they won the League Cup again last year but Liverpool have not won the league championship since 1990.
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Police have launched an investigation after Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier received a death threat in the post last month, the English premier league club said on Wednesday (March 3). Houllier received the threat in a letter he opened at the club's Melwood training centre three weeks ago and Liverpool reported it to Merseyside police, the club said. "It was worrying enough to involve the police," a Liverpool spokesman told the club's website.
Merseyside Police confirmed "an investigation was launched after a threatening letter was sent to Gerard Houllier...at the beginning of February and the investigation is ongoing."
According to newspaper reports, the letter was anonymous and said the Frenchman should resign as Liverpool manager or his life would be in danger.
Members of the public outside the ground in Liverpool condemned the threat. Some of them said he was just doing his job and the club's lack of success was down to the players' performance on the pitch. Some of them said they did not believe Liverpool supporters had been responsible for such a letter.
Houllier is in Sofia with his team for their UEFA Cup third round second-leg match against Levski on Wednesday night.
Liverpool are 2-0 up from the first leg but the UEFA Cup is their only chance left of a title this season. They are out of the FA Cup and the premier league title race and pressure has been heaped on Houllier to quit.
After Liverpool lost at Portsmouth in an FA Cup fifth-round replay last month graffiti scrawled on the wall at the club's training ground included the message: "Hope you die of Aids, Houllier".
Houllier, 56, has been in charge at Liverpool since 1998. He survived a life-threatening medical emergency and returned to the club after surgery. His side won the treble of FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001 and they won the League Cup again last year but Liverpool have not won the league championship since 1990.
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